Willa Sandmeyer
Willa Sandmeyer is an American television news reporter based in Los Angeles.
Sandmeyer grew up in Washington, D.C., and attended Walla Walla College,[1] graduating with a Bachelor degree of Arts in Journalism.[2] After starting her career at KNJO-FM in Thousand Oaks, California,[1] she worked for KEYT in Santa Barbara[3] and KCBS-TV in Los Angeles.[4]
Sandmeyer joined KTLA in 1993,[citation needed] and her coverage included the wildfires in California.[5] She won an Emmy Award for her coverage of the Malibu fires that year[6] and helped the station win an Emmy for the live reporting of the 1994 Northridge earthquake. In 1999 Sandmeyer was one of a group involved in an age discrimination suit against KTLA.[7] She won another Emmy in 2004 for her contributions to KTLA morning news and won Associated Press Radio-Television awards in 2002 and 2005 as well as a Los Angeles Press Club Award.[2] She was laid off in 2008 as part of a round of staff cutbacks.[8]
In 2012, she joined radio station KCLU-FM as the voice of the station's local inserts during Morning Edition and was named morning anchor in 2015.[9]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Dee, Martin C. (1984-04-13). "KNJO-FM reporter believes there's no news like good news". The Los Angeles Times. pp. Conejo Valley Days 2, 4, 5. Retrieved 2023-12-11.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Willa Sandmeyer". KTLA. Archived from the original on 2007-12-23. Retrieved 2007-11-17. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Press Democrat writer wins second state award". The Press Democrat. Santa Rosa, California. February 21, 1990. p. B3. Retrieved December 11, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Community Briefs". The Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. May 14, 1992. p. 573. Retrieved December 11, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ Hibberd, James (November 3, 2003). "Tales from the fire line". TelevisionWeek; Chicago. 22 (44). pp. 26–27 – via Proquest.
- ↑ Margulies, Lee (6 June 1994). "KCAL Takes Lion's Share of Local Emmy Awards Television". Los Angeles Times. p. F10. ProQuest 1973611339 – via ProQuest.
- ↑ "Morning report". The Los Angeles Times. 1999-07-17. p. 275. Retrieved 2023-12-13.
- ↑ Braxton, Greg (July 1, 2008). "KTLA lays off reporters, execs". The Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. p. C3. Retrieved December 11, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ Whitnall, Becca (2020-03-06). "Small, dedicated staff keeps radio station thriving". Moorpark Acorn -. Retrieved 2023-12-11.
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